Browse Items (7306 total)

  • Collection: Archives

Currency

12 pieces of Chinese paper money in a wrapper. Each "piece" of money is a paper square folder with a piece of gold foil inside. This ghost money was burned as an offering to various spirits.

Ticket

One Chinese lottery ticket Printed in green ink it has the opening lines of the Thousand Character Classic and has several holes punched in it. At the top is a black stamp "Sheng Chang"

Document

A Handmade booklet of 13 pages. On the cover is Shijibu "division of times and dates". This geneology contains information about Lee You Lim's family members including birth dates and times of his ancestors as well as the locations and directions…

Prescription

Chinese Medicine Prescriptions A: Prescription for male to enrich Yang energy with Gejie and YinYanghuo. B: Prescription for female to regulate yin functions wtih Baishao and Cuscuta Seeds.

Prescription

Two identical prescriptions for cooking with pork feet.

Prescription

A hand- made booklet with paper string binding and folded pages containing various prescriptions for treating medical problems.

Horoscope

Chinese Horoscope A handmade booklet with white paper and string binding. The text predicts the life of a man's life. The man was born in 1877 (the year of Dingmao) He was 55 years old when the horoscope was produced.

Horoscope

Two Chinese Horoscopes A: A handmade booklet with white paper and string binding. The text predicts the life of a man. The man was born in 1897 (the year of Dingyou) He was 24 years old when the horoscope was produced. B: Also a Horoscope but for a…

Note

A note with a name and address. In English and Chinese. In English is: H R Yaung 824 8th Ave So. Minneapolis Minn. In Chinese is: "Tan Guanghao"

Letter

Letter to Gom Hong from Fan Yick Co. in Cuba. A: Envelope to Gom Hong Co. 709 King Street Seattle Wash. USA. From: "Fan Yick Co. Ciego deAvila Cuba." B: letter: To: Shanglian Wu (Eng) from his father in law. "Shanglian's Father in law said he…